• pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM
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      I’m going to leave this up and let you all decide if this is true or not. He hasn’t been confirmed as this journalist, but x is a POS organization, so everyone gets to decide for themselves.

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        I trust David Shuster as a journalist, but I personally really would prefer more evidence.

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          It’s not checkmarked as officially him though. It’s not that I’m doubting the journalist, we don’t know if this is him.

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            This article from 2010 quotes and links to that same Twitter account as being his, so it looks real as far as I can tell. Other articles and references I’ve found more recently also link to that same account. It looks legit.

            Remember, the blue check no longer means ‘verified’ – now it only means ‘paid for premium’ (since Musk took over, he changed it such that you just have to pay monthly for the blue check, not be the verified person), so I wouldn’t put stock in that blue check now.

            e: it’s at the bottom, here’s the quote:

            Meanwhile Shuster hasn’t made a peep on Twitter since MSNBC called his direct tweets to O’Keefe “inappropriate.” It will be one week tomorrow morning – we’ve reached out to MSNBC to see if there has been any suspension. Either way, he can communicate through Red Eye‘s in-box…

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            Ohhhh gotcha. I was just adding my two cents, but now I understand what you’re saying. I’ll contact him about this.